Political 205 final chapter 2 political history Flashcards
what is mesopotamia
the middle east
1648 treaty of the Westphalia (end 30 years war)
ex: dutch republic officer recognized
what is an inadvertent disaster?
none of the parties wanted conflict but it happened anyway. example: 1WW
what are the complementary explanation to ww1
- secret alliances system
- military technology prevailing
- arm race
- Germany seen as aggressive state (no colonial market)
- power instability for Russian and austro-hungarian
munich agreement
trying to appease (what not do to)
deterrence theory
act of keeping another sate in what has come to know as deference theory. No much defence but much deterrence
Example : Switzerland
3 criteria for deference to work
- capacity
- credibility
- communicate threats
why did war not occur during the cold war?
- effective deterrence by nuclear weapons
- obsolesce of war
ordinal 5 member of UN
US, USSR, China, France,. England
Deutsch conditions 6 for successful integrations
- social integration
- a balance of flows
- benefits of cooperations
- norms against wars
- decline of political divisions
- external challenge
example: Union of Zurich, Berne and Swiss Cantons into Switzerland in 1848
what is decency theory
developing countries do poorly economically and blaming capitalism which is from developed states
